1 | '''Basic Trope''': A gigantic robot. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Gigawatton is a robot as tall as a 10-story building. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Gigawatton can only exist in multiverse void, because it's large enough to crush single universes with a finger. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Gigawatton is as tall as a 2-story house. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Gigawatton was built to fight against aliens that are 10-stories tall themselves. |
7 | ** Gigawatton is a robot for made for gigantic humanoid robot fighting competition. |
8 | ** Gigawatton was built for space flight, where [[SquareCubeLaw it's proportions]] matter less. |
9 | * '''Inverted''': |
10 | ** Gigawatton is a humanoid microbot as small as a pinhead. |
11 | ** MiniMecha, NanoMachines. |
12 | ** Crossover with ''Exaggerated''! Gigawatton is a humanoid nanobot as small as a protein molecule. |
13 | * '''Subverted''': |
14 | ** Gigawatton was designed to be a humongous mecha, but when it makes its first appearance, Gigawatton is revealed to be a {{MiniMecha}} |
15 | ** Gigawatton is the AI interface in a PoweredArmor suit. |
16 | ** Gigawatton is hyped up to the savior, but it [[SquareCubeLaw falls apart]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when it takes it first step]]. |
17 | * '''Double Subverted''': ... but when Gigawatton is plugged into a MetaMecha or the MechaExpansionPack it becomes much bigger |
18 | * '''Parodied''': Gigawatton becomes so big that it causes the universe to burst. |
19 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Gigawatton has a mechanism that turns it into a HumongousMecha or a nanomachine at random. |
20 | * '''Averted''': Gigawatton is a RealRobot that moves on treads and is a realistic size. |
21 | * '''Enforced''': [[RuleOfCool Viewers like]] [[InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha giant mechas]]! |
22 | * '''Lampshaded''': "So, you drive giant robots eh?" |
23 | * '''Invoked''': The engineer is a huge fan of mecha anime and builds a humongous mecha to live out his dream of piloting one, regardless of how impractical it might be. |
24 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
25 | * '''Defied''': |
26 | ** Gigawatton is sabotaged before it can even be used. |
27 | ** Building Gigawatton is found to be cost-ineffective and impractical and the project is scrapped. |
28 | * '''Discussed''': Oh, they look cool, but won't they tip over? And they're impossible to hide, unless you can get some honest-to-[[OhMyGods Gods]], working Adaptive Camo. Really, the only thing they got going for them is that they can negotiate terrain better than wheeled or tracked vehicles. I say just stick some [[SpiderTank bug legs on a run-of-the-mill tank]]. |
29 | * '''Conversed''': |
30 | ** "But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[PunctuatedForEmphasis look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank [[CreatorWorship the Writer]] that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. And they should pray to the Artist that it stays that way; Less of them will die." |
31 | ** "Oh, Mr. Realistic wants to make a [[SpiderTank Spider Tank!]] Sure, let's toss one of these tanks and a mecha in a room. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill We'll see who will be reduced to dust.]] |
32 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
33 | ** SquareCubeLaw |
34 | ** Alternatively: The mecha is very powerful and effective, but it causes tremendous collateral damage due to its large size and huge weapons. |
35 | ** It's prohibitively expensive to build, equip, run, and maintain even one. |
36 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
37 | ** The cube-square victim is upgraded with {{unobtainium}} and becomes effective. |
38 | ** The DestructiveSavior robot is given new control software that makes it much safer. |
39 | ** The pilot of Gigawattron makes a point of [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punching his foes out of the city]] to ensure they're in a collateral free-zone before the fight. |
40 | ** Things are so far past the GodzillaThreshold that the cost no longer matters. |
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42 | Back to HumongousMecha |
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44 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
45 | %% |
46 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
47 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
48 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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